Join us this Friday at 12m for an important conversation on Adaptation in Orchestras across the US! We’re thrilled to present this outstanding group of leaders at a time of enormous change in symphony orchestras and opera houses around the US. Even before the Covid era, ensembles have been going through rapid change and, while… Read more »
FEATURE Black Artists on How to Change Classical Music The New York Times: Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone Nine performers describe the steps they recommend to transform a white-dominated field. Included in the group are Thomas Wilkins (Henry A. Upper Chair of Orchestral Conducting at the Jacobs School) and alumnus Lawrence Brownlee. Are We Hearing… Read more »
A conversation with seasoned podcasters and radio professionals about opportunities for musicians. Join us for a lively conversation with: Alumnus Anthony Lanman, Podcaster, Composer, Entrepreneur Alumna Amanda Sewell, Music Director at Interlochen Public Radio Alumnus Cary Boyce, General Manager of Spokane Public Radio Joe Goetz, Music Director at WFIU Public Radio DATE and TIME Friday,… Read more »
FEATURE: IMPORTANT WORKS REVEALED Our Congratulations to Jacobs School of Music Professor of Conducting Arthur Fagen, whose recent release of works by William Dawson and Ulysses Kay with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra has received extensive attention in the media! NPR: Someone Finally Remembered William Dawson’s ‘Negro Folk Symphony’ NYT: 8 Things to… Read more »
FEATURE: BLACK COMPOSERS SPRING FORWARD Lifting the Cone of Silence From Black Composers George E. Lewis A cone of silence hangs over the work of Black composers from Africa and its diaspora. It is not that Black men and women have not written music, but too often it has been ignored — and thus assumed… Read more »
A conversation about American identity in classical music at a time of radical change, with Alumnus Daniel Mallampalli, LA Philharmonic Coordinator of Artistic Planning and Humanities Don Freund, Professor of Composition at the Jacobs School of Music Alumnus Steven Banks, Assistant Professor of Music at Ithaca College Alumna Carmen-Helena Téllez, Professor of Conducting and Interdisciplinary… Read more »
FEATURE: THE FUTURE IS WITH MEDIA The Future of the Performing Arts is Digital. Marquee TV has a Major Head Start. The Washington Post: Sarah L, Kaufman With uncanny timing, MarqueeTV, a performing-arts streaming service, debuted in this country in February. None of its leaders could have predicted the global crisis to come, but… Read more »
By now, you will have received an email announcing that IU has adopted a new career portal called HANDSHAKE, which replaces the Symplicity system we’ve been using in the Jacobs School of Music for the past 6 years. This is very good news! The new system is easier to use, more focused on your professional… Read more »
FEATURE: BATTLE HYMNS From Founders To Today, Protest Music Is American Music OPB: Claudia Meza From “Yankee Doodle” being sung back in defiance at the British soldiers who originally wrote it to ridicule the American Revolution, to the spirituals sung in fields, unifying and fortifying the voices of a people denied their own native… Read more »
FEATURE: LEARNING TO LISTEN Black Experience Within Classical Music The Violin Channel and Young Concert Artists An important roundtable discussion focusing on the Black experience within the classical music community. Panelists: Anthony Trionfo, Weston Sprott, Sanford Allen, Monica Ellis, Anthony McGill, Carlos Simon, Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Randall Goosby, Marcus Thompson, Steven Banks, Afa Dworkin and… Read more »